
Directing
Philippe Baylaucq
Known for
Directing
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18 titles
Philippe Baylaucq is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.
Known for
5.8Dancer in three dimensions and glowing from the inside.
ORA
2011
Re-mixes and extends Perestroika (2009) into two sequences. Sequence one constritutes the 2009 version, while the second sequence constructs a new framing narrative that reinterprets and reconfigures both the imagery and the experience of the first. Part psycho-geography, part dream and part environmental allegory.
Perestroika: Reconstructed
2013
2.0Poetry and cinema merge as 11 filmmakers bring to life 21 poems by Québécois poets.
Happiness Bound
2007
8.0An evocation of the origins of the world. A hymn to the beauty of the human form. A celebration of movement. A metaphor for life and death. Lodela draws its inspiration from the Bardo Thodol, with the film's title a corruption of "l'au-delà," a French term for the afterlife.
Lodela
1996
9.0To satisfy his appetite, the mischievous dragon Bijou makes his way across the Milky Way, devouring everything that shines in his path -- including the Sun. Earth is plunged into darkness, and the villagers of Tomtitou are left in despair, until young Hugo—armed with his telescope—makes contact with a mysterious star named Aramis. Together, they embark on a fantastic celestial journey. Will Hugo and his new friend succeed in restoring order to the universe?
Hugo and the Dragon
2001
NRSarah Turner's film is a ghost story that explores what we forget and how we remember. The stunning imagery comes solely from the window of the Trans-Siberian train, shot first in 1987-8 and then again in 2007-8. The re-enactment of the journey is a memory work, a re-enactment of the past in the present through the process of filming. But the return journey is haunted by the voices of two dead friends that dominate the soundscape of the 'archive' footage.
Perestroika
2009
Film credits
Behind the camera
5.8Dancer in three dimensions and glowing from the inside.
ORA
2011
5.8Dancer in three dimensions and glowing from the inside.
ORA
2011
2.0Poetry and cinema merge as 11 filmmakers bring to life 21 poems by Québécois poets.
Happiness Bound
2007
8.0An evocation of the origins of the world. A hymn to the beauty of the human form. A celebration of movement. A metaphor for life and death. Lodela draws its inspiration from the Bardo Thodol, with the film's title a corruption of "l'au-delà," a French term for the afterlife.
Lodela
1996
8.0An evocation of the origins of the world. A hymn to the beauty of the human form. A celebration of movement. A metaphor for life and death. Lodela draws its inspiration from the Bardo Thodol, with the film's title a corruption of "l'au-delà," a French term for the afterlife.
Lodela
1996
9.0To satisfy his appetite, the mischievous dragon Bijou makes his way across the Milky Way, devouring everything that shines in his path -- including the Sun. Earth is plunged into darkness, and the villagers of Tomtitou are left in despair, until young Hugo—armed with his telescope—makes contact with a mysterious star named Aramis. Together, they embark on a fantastic celestial journey. Will Hugo and his new friend succeed in restoring order to the universe?
Hugo and the Dragon
2001
NRHow do you translate music into images? The possibilities are endless... But how do you avoid illustration? The aim of this experimental short film was to bring the viewer into the music. If jazz is a form in which musicians call out to each other, engage in dialogue and develop a musical idea in turn and together, the cinematographic approach here was inspired by this dynamic. With the aid of a miniature camera, the viewer is taken to the source of the sounds. The lens is fixed to the bow of the violin, under the skin of the Darabouka, flush with the vibrating strings of the cello and guitar. The viewer is transported into a new universe, where the musicians' dialogue becomes a conversation in images, an exchange of shots, a shamanic dance.
Le raton
1991
NRHow do you translate music into images? The possibilities are endless... But how do you avoid illustration? The aim of this experimental short film was to bring the viewer into the music. If jazz is a form in which musicians call out to each other, engage in dialogue and develop a musical idea in turn and together, the cinematographic approach here was inspired by this dynamic. With the aid of a miniature camera, the viewer is taken to the source of the sounds. The lens is fixed to the bow of the violin, under the skin of the Darabouka, flush with the vibrating strings of the cello and guitar. The viewer is transported into a new universe, where the musicians' dialogue becomes a conversation in images, an exchange of shots, a shamanic dance.
Le raton
1991
NRThis short film pays tribute to ballet dancer Anik Bissonnette as she takes the reins of the École supérieure de ballet du Québec.
Anik Bissonnette: The Gift of Dance
2014
NRIn 2001, Haruhiro Shiratori lost his only child in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Instead of isolating himself in grief, he decides to meet the Afghan people and help them prevent such attacks from happening again. A Japanese Don Quixote, he dreams of building a cultural centre for the children of Kabul. A Dream for Kabul charts Shiratori’s double effort – to advance a humanist project in the face of adversity while seeking reconciliation with his dead son.
A Dream For Kabul
2009
NRIn 2001, Haruhiro Shiratori lost his only child in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Instead of isolating himself in grief, he decides to meet the Afghan people and help them prevent such attacks from happening again. A Japanese Don Quixote, he dreams of building a cultural centre for the children of Kabul. A Dream for Kabul charts Shiratori’s double effort – to advance a humanist project in the face of adversity while seeking reconciliation with his dead son.
A Dream For Kabul
2009
NRFrom the territories of the Arctic to the farthest reaches of the universe, Worlds of Ice shows us the astonishing omnipresence of ice.
Worlds of Ice
2022
NRFrom the territories of the Arctic to the farthest reaches of the universe, Worlds of Ice shows us the astonishing omnipresence of ice.
Worlds of Ice
2022
NRThis short film profiles contemporary dancer Louise Lecavalier as she performs in her studio. With searching steps, she crosses a space defined by her past.
Louise Lecavalier: Body Speech
2014
NRDirector Philippe Baylaucq captures Clémence Desrochers in total candidness, as she recounts her childhood and career as a writer, broadcaster, singer and actress.
Clémence Desrochers - Clémence Among the Gods
2009

